Museum of Modern Tweets (but you figured that out already).

There’s no form of art tied up with notions of “authenticity” as much as music. We don’t get it from the music itself, however; aside from certain sectors of hip-hop, punk, and folk, the music itself doesn’t necessarily concern itself with “realness” as a thematic element. No, music listeners apply labels to each [...]

A post on Stereogum today highlighted a settlement between the State of New York and Sony/BMG music publishing over “inducements for airplay,” otherwise known as “payola.”In a series of events that should come as absolutely no shock whatsoever to anyone familiar with the corporatized media culture in the United States, Sony/BMG had been (gasp!) paying [...]